Ben Bloom
Sports Journalist at Freelance
Freelance sports journalist, formerly at the Telegraph. Author of 'Batting for Time'. Buy the book here: https://t.co/UGm7CDp4SX
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4 days ago |
theguardian.com | Ben Bloom
Mikel Arteta will have spent more arduous Easter Sundays attempting to hunt hidden chocolate eggs. Aside from a few minutes of brief concern for Bukayo Saka’s raked achilles – an incident for which Leif Davis received his very early marching orders – this was as undemanding an afternoon as the Arsenal manager could ever have envisaged as he navigates a path to the more important matter of a Champions League semi-final with Paris Saint-Germain later this month.
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6 days ago |
theguardian.com | Ben Bloom
For a large portion of this match – pretty much the bulk of the first half, in fact – any spectator would have been hard-pressed to identify the Premier League-destined team on the cusp of an all-time Football League record for clean sheets. Not only did Watford find the rarest of routes past James Trafford, but the Burnley goalkeeper was forced to endure a torrid time to prevent the hosts from becoming the first team to score two goals against him in the Championship this season.
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2 weeks ago |
premierleague.com | Ben Bloom
Football writer Ben Bloom analyses the Matchweek 31 action in the Premier League so far, including important victories for Aston Villa, Fulham and Wolverhampton Wanderers. A weekend in which none of the top five managed to win also saw Southampton become the earliest side to be relegated in Premier League history.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Ben Bloom
Was Dai Yongge, Reading’s disreputable owner, watching? Is he keeping abreast of his club’s League One promotion challenge or does he choose to spend sunny spring afternoons in alternative pleasures? Rumour has it, the Chinese billionaire remains holed up somewhere in Britain, but no one really knows. That tends to be the way with this troubled club at the moment: unanswered questions, wary suspicions and the unsubstantiated hearsay of an existential crisis that heaps shame on English football.
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2 weeks ago |
premierleague.com | Ben Bloom
Football writer Ben Bloom looks at Ipswich Town's chances of securing Premier League safety as they host relegation rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers. At the start of this week Ipswich Town supporters were the only set of fans across the top four tiers of English football unable to celebrate a league win this calendar year.
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Usain Bolt appeared on Justin Gatlin's podcast recently. It was captivating, but also a bit strange. Is it naive to think that everyone in sport possesses the same disdain for dopers? Read the full piece in the latest @AthleticsWeekly here: https://t.co/wl76rVXANX https://t.co/E8SGxx2VZc
“They say if you shoot for the moon, you reach the stars. But occasionally you end up at the bottom of the ocean.” Held hostage by a disreputable owner who doesn't care, Reading fans cling onto the club they love. A cautionary tale for English football. https://t.co/1w4pkKuXha
Southampton nearly won a match. But then, at the end, they didn’t. Match report from St Mary’s, where the battle to avoid being the worst team in Premier League history remains. https://t.co/NTjYNWWWnU
